Motorcyclist critical; SUV driver arrested

Saturday

Aug 31, 2013 at 8:11 AM

A motorcyclist was in critical condition Saturday after striking an SUV along Howard Avenue in Houma, police said.Glynn Mangum, 33, of Houma, was being transferred from Terrebonne General Medical Center to another hospital to be treated for injuries police described as life-threatening.Mangum was riding a 2007 Kawasaki ZX-14 north at high speed about 11:45 p.m. Friday when he struck the driver’s side of a Ford Expedition that was backing into a parking lot in the 100 block of Howard Avenue, police said. Officers found Mangum severely injured and learned the SUV’s driver had fled.The SUV’s driver, Brian Keith Ross, 35, of 1004 Clay St., turned himself in about 3 a.m. Saturday after investigators found his damaged SUV outside a home in the Senator Circle area, police said. Ross was charged with felony hit-and-run, improper backing and no driver’s license.A breath test for Ross indicated no presence of alcohol or drugs, police said. Results of a blood test for Mangum were pending. The crash remained under investigation.

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